SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – The Black Hills State University volleyball team came from behind to earn a 3-2 victory over Westminster College on Saturday evening.
"We played an all-around game today and didn't give up even though we were down 0-2," said head coach Kristin Carmichael. "A road win is always huge in the RMAC, and a comeback road win should help us build confidence."
The first set was a back-and-forth affair. There was 10 ties and five lead changes. The Yellow Jackets (3-7, 1-1 RMAC) had set point at 24-23, however, a timely Westminster (2-9, 0-2 RMAC) timeout stopped the momentum, and the Griffins would take the first set, 26-24. The second set was more of the same, with WC narrowly winning, 25-23, to go ahead, 2-0, in the match.
With the third set tied, 18-18, the Yellow Jackets finally took control, finishing out the set on a 7-1 run to win, 25-19, and push the game into a fourth set.
The Green and Gold kept the momentum entering the fourth set. They jumped out to a 5-1 lead and never looked back. After a Griffin kill made the score 14-8 in favor of BHSU, the Yellow Jackets scored 11 unanswered points to emphatically take set four, 25-8, and send the match to a 15-point fifth set.
Three service aces by Kindra Cerrone helped the Yellow Jackets jump out to a 4-0 lead in set five, and they would go on to win, 15-8, to complete the 3-2 comeback victory.
The Green and Gold had a .297 hitting percentage in the match. Five different Yellow Jackets had double-digit kills, led by Peyton Bodemann with 14. The sophomore only had one error in the match, hitting .542, while also adding four blocks. Cerrone had her first career double-double recording 12 kills and 14 digs. Laurel Lech had 25 assists, seven digs, and seven kills, while Tess Thomas had 23 assists. Haedyn Rhoades tallied 14 digs.
Next Up
The Yellow Jackets will finally have their first home game September 27 when they host CSU-Pueblo at 7 p.m.
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